Still Rebuilding: Houstonians face hurricane season forecast amid ongoing Harvey recovery
As Houstonians grapple with ongoing Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts, the looming specter of the upcoming hurricane season adds further anxiety to a community still rebuilding years after the devastating storm.
2024 Atlantic hurricane season could be among most active on record, experts predict
Colorado State University hurricane researchers have released their initial outlook for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, which they believe promises to be an extremely active year, courtesy of an impending La Niña.
Rare Tropical Storm Akará forms off coast of Brazil
Akará is the first named system in the South Atlantic Basin since 2022.
How the fading El Nino pattern will impact hurricane season activity in 2024
Historically, La Niñas have produced busy tropical seasons, while the opposite is known to be true during El Niños - when conditions are typically hostile for cyclones in the Atlantic basin.
Category 6 needed on hurricane wind scale due to warming climate, study says
Since 1980, half of the 197 tropical cyclones rated a Category 5 happened within the past 17 years. Five of the storms would have met the hypothetical Category 6, according to the study.
Will 2024 Atlantic hurricane season be active? One forecast says yes
Twenty named storms last year made the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season the fourth most active on record, and according to an extended forecast by TropicalStormRisk.com, 2024 could be just as busy, if not busier.
New forecast cone to be tested by National Hurricane Center during 2024 season
Studies and hurricane experts have warned since the early 2000s that the hurricane forecast cone is not doing its job as people often misinterpret the graphic.
2023 hurricane season: Least impactful for US in nearly a decade
According to initial estimates, between $3-$4 billion worth of damage was done during the 2023 hurricane season.
